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TORONTO — Canada and U.S. markets ended the trading day in the red, reversing course mid-afternoon after spending the majority of the day higher. While Canada's main stock index finished the day just mildly lower on Thursday, U.S.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province is putting $1.3 billion toward building and expanding schools. He says the money will go toward creating 27,093 new student spaces and 1,759 child-care spaces.

HALIFAX — A parrot in Nova Scotia that has been showing signs of depression since the COVID-19 pandemic is moving to Ontario for a change of scenery and to make new friends.

TORONTO — Ryan Reaves delivered a pair of massive hits to roaring approval.

TORONTO — Ford Motor Co. is delaying the start of electric vehicle production at its Oakville, Ont. plant by two years, at a time when growth in the EV market is falling short of the automobile industry's ambitions. The U.S.

TORONTO — An Ontario judge has struck down sections of the province's panhandling law as unconstitutional, including parts that ban asking people for money while intoxicated or while they are waiting to use an ATM.

TORONTO — Ontario's regulated internet gaming market has been live now for two years, and it is attracting increasing activity from the province's online gamblers, a new study suggests, with blackjack and basketball among the favourite wagers.

TORONTO — Canadian regulators have cleared crypto-trading platform Coinbase to do business in the country as a restricted dealer. Coinbase says it means they're the first international and largest cryptocurrency exchange to be registered in Canada.

TORONTO — Three more clubs have submitted applications to Canada Soccer to join Project 8, the domestic women's pro soccer league currently under construction. Project 8 did not identify the new clubs.

TORONTO — In an Italian long-term care home in Toronto, about three new non-Italian residents are admitted each month due to government changes to priority rules, leaving them confused and isolated in a setting where they do not speak the language.